Think about this, cons.

The teabagger scum along with Sarah Failin's "values" went all out for Hoffman while both of the true Republicans (Christie and McDonnell) won their respective races by ignoring these loons. And to top this all off, Owens - the DEMOCRATIC - winner over Hoffman is the first Dem in well over 4,000 years that will hold NY23. Talk about EPIC TEABAGGER FAILURE.

If the teabaggers and the likes of Sarah Palin couldn't secure a win for their candidate in what should have been a no-brainer, then how are they going to be a force that will oust the moderates out of the GOP and make it a winner with pure conservatives? Again, a Dem hasn't held that seat in ages, so that one should have been easy for the teabaggers. It should have been a given.

I don't know, IDC. Wouldn't that just be a harbinger for a shift in power within the GOP--with the Palins of the world falling out of favor? A more moderate GOP that drops the values schlock and focuses on fiscal discipline? Isn't that how Bill Clinton did so well coming from the other direction?

That wouldn't be good news for Dems, I don't think.

ISC,

You are not seeing the big picture.

1. 30 days ago Hoffman was a nobody. To go from 12% to 45% is a big deal.

2. 3rd party politics are tricky- which is why we are stuck in a 2 party system

3. Obviously the Dem got a huge bump in turnout from the established Dems. Hoffman had no equivilant backing.

4. How many absentee voters are regretting voting after the R bailed

5. When she bailed she endorsed the D

6. local politics rule- Hoffman didn't live in the district

7. Niether the C nor the R were the right fit. R= too liberal, C=too conservative. This speaks more to the need of primaries than anything else.